Umm Kawaks Is better because 1. Easier to load games 2. Easier to load cheats alt+c and select and you're off to go 3. easier and faster to configure the buttons yadda yadda yadda etc etc kawaks is just better, the only thing kawaks can't do better than mame is play games like mortal kombat and the other stuff I have my kof's 94-2002, Samurai spirits, metal slugs rotd's and all that running on my kawaks 1.45 and that's pretty much all i need people who are new to computers can even configure kawaks mame has all this bullshi and crap on the screen